This recipe can be found at many Italian Restaurants and its amazingly simple to make at home! Hearty, flavorful and delicious!
Zuppa Toscana
This amazing Italian soup is full of flavor and easy to make! Guaranteed to be one of your favorite soups!
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- Chef's Knife
- Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 1 lb Hot Italian sausage - casing removed
- 1 Large yellow onion chopped
- 3 Cloves Garlic Minced
- 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt or to taste
- 1/2 tsp Fresh ground pepper or to taste
- 8 Cups Chicken Broth (For added flavor use Chicken Broth with White wine)
- 4 Large Russet Potatoes Diced
- 1 Bunch Kale, leaves stripped and chopped
- 3/4 Cup Heavy Cream
- 4 Slices Cooked bacon, chopped Make sure the bacon is cooked prior to adding to recipe
- 1/4 Cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese for serving
Instructions
- In a large pot over medium heat, cook sausage, breaking up with the back of a wooden spoon, until browned and no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a plate to drain.
- Add onion to pot and let cook until soft, 5 minutes, then add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute more. Season with salt and pepper. Add chicken broth to pot and deglaze pot.
- Then and potatoes, close lid, set pressure valve to seal and set instant pot to manual for 8 minutes.
- Once timer goes off, do a quick release of the pressure.
- Set Instant Pot to Sauté and stir in kale and let cook until leaves are tender and bright green, (Aprox 3 minutes), then stir in heavy cream, sausage, and bacon and simmer 5 minutes more.
- Season with pepper, garnish with Parmesan cheese, and serve.
Notes
If this is a little too spicy, you can replace the Hot Italian Sausages with Mild Italian Sausages and it will bring the spice level down a few notches!